Employee Appreciation

Employee Appreciation

Employee AppreciationAt La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, we know that our employees are the heart and soul of our success. To that end, we hold each month we take an opportunity to show our staff our gratitude for all the hard work, dedication, and passion they bring to our firm every single day.

In the month of August, we look to enable our employees to do something just because they can! It all started as a tease, and it has now become a firm tradition. From going somewhere special to dinner, to celebrating a special occasion, to getting something off their wish list, we empower our employees to treat themselves to something Just Because they Can!

So in August, we express our gratitude to our employees not for specific reason or occasion but Just Because… #EmployeeAppreciation #ThankYouTeam #Gratitude #JustBecause

Jonathon P. Lynn Was Named Best Lawyers in America® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Jonathon P. Lynn Was Named Best Lawyers in America® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Fort Lauderdale (2024)Jonathon P. LynnJonathon P. Lynn was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. This is the 4th “Lawyer of the Year” distinction for Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, that Jon has been awarded. He was previously recognized in 2021, 2019, and 2016.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade significant. Lawyers are selected based on impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

Best Lawyers® in America is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal industry. It has been regarded by both the profession and the public, as the most credible measure of legal integrity and distinction in the United States. A listing in Best Lawyers® is widely regarded as a significant honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. The lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Lou La Cava and Andrew Hudson Obtained a Defense Verdict in a Medical Malpractice Case Against an ophthalmologist in Charlotte County Florida

Lou La Cava and Andrew Hudson Obtained a Defense Verdict in a Medical Malpractice Case Against an Ophthalmologist in Charlotte County Florida

Andrew R. HudsonLouis J. La Cava

Lou La Cava and Andrew Hudson obtained a defense verdict in Charlotte County Florida in a medical malpractice case against and ophthalmologist. The Plaintiff, who was 29 years old alleged the defendant was negligent for taking a biopsy of a mass in the orbit of his left eye causing permanent ptosis and double vision by damaging the Muller Levator muscle complex. It was plaintiff’s position that a CT of the orbit should have been performed which would have demonstrated the mass was a benign dermoid cyst which should be removed in its entirety and not biopsied. Plaintiff’s expert criticized the surgical approach utilized by the defendant which he stated caused damage to both the Muller and Levator muscles. He further opined the defendant failed to read the hospital chart which showed the Plaintiff had taken an aspirin two days prior to the procedure. He testified the procedure should have been postponed. Because it was not the Plaintiff suffered a hemorrhage during the procedure which contributed to the damage to the Muller/ Levator complex. The defense demonstrated that the mass itself contributed to the ultimate complications the Plaintiff developed and damages the Plaintiff claimed. It was also the defense position that the surgical approach used while uncommon, was appropriate due to the location of the mass. Medical evidence was uncovered during the work up of the case which damaged the Plaintiff’s credibility as to when he knew the mass was present resulting in a delay in treatment which contributed to his negative outcome. It was also shown that the Plaintiff suffered from ptosis and double vision prior to the biopsy. After a 4 day trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant after deliberating for an hour and eleven minutes.

Jon Lynn and Cynthia Lynn Obtained a Directed Verdict in an Informed Consent Case in Broward County

Jon Lynn and Cynthia Lynn Obtained a Directed Verdict in an Informed Consent Case in Broward County

Cynthia LynnJonathon P. LynnJon Lynn and Cynthia Lynn obtained a directed verdict in an informed consent case in Broward County where he represented the collective Defendants (Urologist, his staff, and medical group). The Plaintiff was diagnosed with prostate cancer and elected to undergo radiation therapy. Upon completion of the radiation treatments, the patient was referred to his treating urologist (Defendant in the case) for additional therapy which included the use of a hormonal medication to be administered by injection which was received following the consultation. Immediately thereafter, the Plaintiff was admitted to a local hospital and was diagnosed with a bleeding pituitary tumor. He underwent surgery for the hemorrhaging brain tumor and claimed to be completely disabled by the complication that occurred. The patient claimed that his prostate cancer had been “cured” by his radiation treatments and that he never would have consented to the therapeutic injection if he had been properly informed of the potential risks of the shot. The Plaintiff’s expert testified that a formal, written consent to the injection was not required but he did not see any evidence in the record that the defendants had communicated any potential risks of the hormonal injection before administering it. He conceded that it would not be incumbent on the defendants to advise the patient that the injection could cause bleeding of a pituitary tumor (which the Plaintiff claimed he did not know about at the time he received the injection), but testified that the defendants simply did not get the patient’s informed consent and were therefore responsible for the damage caused by the injection which he thought caused the tumor to bleed. At the close of the Plaintiff’s case-in-chief, the court granted the Defendants’ Motion for Directed Verdict, finding that the claimed failure to get the patient’s informed consent to the injection, even assuming that to be true, was not a “legal cause” of the Plaintiff’s damages.

Louis J. La Cava Was Named Best Lawyers in America® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Louis J. La Cava Was Named Best Lawyers in America® 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Lawyer of the Year - Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Tampa (2024)Louis J. La CavaLouis J. La Cava was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. This is the 5th “Lawyer of the Year” distinction for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants that Lou has been awarded. He was previously recognized in 2021, 2019, 2017 and 2012.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade significant. Lawyers are selected based on impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

Best Lawyers® in America is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal industry. It has been regarded by both the profession and the public, as the most credible measure of legal integrity and distinction in the United States. A listing in Best Lawyers® is widely regarded as a significant honor conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. The lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.